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this is r.t. right from moscow welcome to the program all syrian troops backed by tanks separately entered the coastal town of bani us dollars a day of nationwide protests across the country that left at least thirty people died for us is warning the regime that it will take new steps against it in response to the latest bloody crackdown on price security forces syrian officials blame armed terrorist groups for the unrest or protesters say they want an end to decades of repression and corruption it's now thought more than five hundred eighty people have been killed since the uprising began almost two months ago and with the u.s. sanctions already in place and the threat of more to come the e.u. has also agreed on assets free and a travel done for top syrian officials so let's get more details on this and talk with international relations expert professor mark almond from built a university in turkey so now with the titans try. rolling to try and quell the

syrian demonstrations how long do you think president assad can really hold out where he is. depends on how much support he has is clearly opposition is clearly. not on the other hand significant minorities in syria are going to talk about. regime there is it own alawite. religious minority but also also the christians in syria who cross the border of iraq and so the christian community there has been almost like a liberation since. we structured democracy so do they really want to see that happen in syria so yes we can see there's a lot of protests there's a lot of discontent but also there are significant groups and say change could be for the worse not better so change could be for the worse and not for the better than other u.s. is a warning syria that it could take additional measures against if the oppression against the protests continues it's already got a long standing trade boycott there what else is there that they can there. was

a limited amount that the americans can really do we who are in so the organs are more true to syria one problem is we've been saying for years not just syria but so too if you introduce market reforms you will begin to stage the process towards democracy because discontent in syria is precisely the transfer states are so private wealth in the hands of people so scared to go home so that's we see her across the whole world for the communist world in syria in this sense is a bit like reform on this country but a lot of the discontent now which is that we don't really want people say who was less capital was not more justice not afraid a lot of the protesters were unhappy about israel's continued control of the golan heights and the syrian army. then shooting abuser and it's very complicated in ottomar her country in syria when you when you say there are complicated and contradictory things going on in syria does it seem a bit bizarre to you that the e.u. has agreed or on an ass it's freezing of

a travel ban for some top syrian official but not not for the president himself. well the story that president bashar al assad is somehow ragab a genuine reformer and all his relatives and other issues or. so they're trying to send the regime. and who is english relatives and family they can somehow or other emerge from this as respectable leaders who knew syria i think the problem is article bloodshed we've seen there's going to be a huge amount of anger on the side who loses those in power and they're not going to be currently and if they were in power let's take a step back here and there and take a broader scope of how different you think is the situation in syria compared to libya the current regime has been conducting deadly crackdowns against civilians as we are saying so should it be the next country do you think for allied military intervention. well first of all the use of the european nato countries are slowly stretched even intervening in libya which is turkey much more difficult. a lot of

bombs and missiles could happen also syria's much more sense to position israel to the south iraq next door and also turkey a nato ally to the more he doesn't want chaos in syria as a choice in syria not just between democracy and. possibly instead of. a launch another iran now we talk about the oppression of these protesters here the tanks rolling in are snipers on rooftops taking out civilians tell us why why western powers so keen to see a regime collapse in syria we've all seen this violence only happening over the past seven weeks and ultimately where would syria go next if indeed the regime was toppled. well i think that west loses in a sense hope that they could have democracy. on the other had their prestige. peace process with israel get rid of him things would be better i think russell that is possibly lucian there's a lot of this contention so there are

a lack of water the reason for blackwater is israel controls the source the. protesters we want to go one hundred. percent of the illusion might be democracy will be control peace in syria also peace in the region i fear that a democratic syria would break in much more difficult. regional neighborhood israel for instance would have to refuse it could be destabilizing all the because it's even worse now when you when you talk about neighboring countries or such as israel the control of the water coming out of the golan heights and obviously sparking some stuff there in syria let's talk about the outside pressure how big is the outside pressure influencing the situation in the country think. there is a lot of us so it's pressure from what we see in europe in the united states on the other hand striking israel who is very quiet about this crisis it's also the case of iraq which has a government you can like installed by the united states made possible. also

consists of people who were shooting the most recent research before saddam pearl were also runs counter to our government in iraq says we don't necessarily want to know the regime change in syria because our use the kind of civil war slogan we were all borders and our civil war. so long everybody's happy and overall turkey sitting next door has big trade links with syria it also has minorities or kurds in turkey and syria if syria broke up that could destabilize two or so a lot of people within those in the high who don't necessarily want change the further away from syria you get america your you can then perhaps say that's how change must be for the better and it goes well it's a long way from us or certainly say there's a potential there for regional cooperation is not on with any professor in international relations from a university and certainly thank you thank you all right now to our libya where kind of kidnappings forces are reportedly bombed an oil storage facility in the rebel held city of misrata the insurgents want the nato led coalition to provide

weapons saying they don't have enough to beat khadafi over two thousand coalition air strikes have so far failed to turn the civil war which began back in february one geo political analyst told r.t. that the foreign plan is to deliberately divide and conquer. their objective is not to save civilians it's to break up the country and to turn it into another somalia another afghanistan a failed state that they can take advantage of and manipulate and take all the resources the biggest companies corporations or africa all happened to be in libya libya was pushing for the african union to unite under its wing and it was the financial backbone of africa until these but this bombing started libyan banks were amongst the biggest investors across the world in fact the first step of this war was to take libya's money by freezing its billions of dollars of assets in north

america and europe they've already set up. an oil corporation in eastern libya based in benghazi a national bank based in benghazi they want this conflict to last they're no rush to end this war they are keeping a strategic stalemate between benghazi and tripoli they are doing this to make them both dependent on the united states the e.u. and nato as the arbitrators of libya who will decide the fate of the libyan people . you know with all the way the americans who say they've nothing to hard. slog believe that you should be able to. carry a firearm in any manner you choose it's some with the most a gun now they want a right to bring the car arms into the open. us or troops in the streets of moscow along with tongs and helicopters but it's all in the name of remember star out of the underworld victory day parade on dates or

rocky end of the second world war. because that's who watch the country's military might on show. one of the most. educated. military might. in the great lakes to. feature in. space and. millions of lives as they watched. television.

sets and. see what they're going. to bring the temptation. to take the. stuff into making their way to november is. relatively easy and. is now. three. heritage. anyone today can enjoy a good walk in this forest near the central ukrainian town of vineyards the

tranquility of the area masking what lurks here seven decades ago these peaceful woods were once the site of a top secret and highly guarded nazi command center the werewolf pronger and coop it was a huge complex which had everything germany's cologne could need there was an office and squad a sauna a gym the swim hall and barracks some sources claim it when seven falls on the ground about the ground there were several wooden houses including a concealed gun this thing at all hitler ordered the construction of this bunker to control the nazi war effort on the eastern front it is believed the nazi leader himself was here three times with his personal swimming pool thought to be about the only thing to remain intact at the site the rest of the huge complex was destroyed in march nine hundred forty four this was believed to be the main

entrance to the bunker which was exploded by the retreating german forces when the soviet troops arrived they went inside the facility and realized it was rigged with explosives they took no chances and detonated the other two entrances bearing they were all secrets for ever. to this day it is not known what remains underground as no one has ever managed to get inside the nazi era facility after the war and many attempts have been made since then to gain access but have failed the walls are massively thick and the site is still subject to top secret course if occasion the director of the local military museum believes the complex was deliberately preserved to prevent any intrusion nytol as the bunker was built by soviet prisoners of war that's why its blueprints don't differ from there of still functioning bunkers across the former u.s.s.r. nobody will crack it open in the near future because it is still a classified facility. it may only be

a pile of rocks but now the local administration wants to turn the world's ruins into a memorial to be opened in june this year. and fourteen thousand people have built and wired to the world will facility was slaughtered by the fascists that is why i want to put a fancy around it and make it a memorial to the victims and passions and to preserve their memory. despite this being a seemingly patriotic idea ukraine's communist party is not too happy about it staging pickets to protest against the plan and others which of the normally the authors of this will give should be fun and her crew new kids launched into them they're building a monument to hitler closely in creating an official not code for new fashions movements in china through the crimean you know me a bit of the work that we're we'll have bunker has been a meeting place for rightwing skinheads in the past as well as the target of endless speculation some claim it is radioactive others say this cursed as all the

complains commander from here notably the bottles of stalingrad and cursed lead to crucial nazi defeats but seventy years on this seemingly dull ruins of a top secret shelter remain a continuous source of public curiosity and mystery alyse russia ski r.t. reporting from vignettes in ukraine. and there are still to come on the program here are to you we ask you for one death winds of the war on terror americans are celebrating on the streets r.t. looks at whether choosing bin laden's killing over a court trial was the right move. right now to check out some other world news in brief for you this hour and a government are attacking the compound of the governor of kandahar in afghanistan security forces are returning fire and helicopters are pulling ahead of the shooting erupted after two loud explosions were heard in the city at least three

civilians were wounded but at this point no reports of casualties the taliban says it is behind this ongoing assault. a passenger plane has crashed into the sea off eastern indonesia with no survivors among the twenty seven or so on board a chinese built turbo prop plane was attempting to land in bad weather when it came down short of the runway and exploded into pieces in the museum has one of asia's worst safety records with the many airlines banned from flying outside the region. over two thirds of british voters have rejected plans to change the way parliament elected and historic referendum the junior party in the governing coalition hope to introduce an alternative voting system which would have helped to win more seats the voters want to stick with first past the proposed system that's supported by prime minister david cameron. now americans are among the world's most armed citizens yet the right to bear weapon is just isn't enough for some now there's a movement to allow people to carry their guns however they choose to use the

killing for reports on those wanting to push the second amendment to the next level . fred rutherford spent years carrying a gun in the balkans in iraq as a defense contractor. so when he came home to virginia he didn't see a reason to put it down being a former cop and sure if i thought that it was necessary to. obtain a concealed handgun permit to protect myself but craig doesn't want to just conceal his gun he wants to curia out in the open to me it's the constitutional way to carry a firearm. and i think that. if you don't exercise your rights eventually you will lose them. his way if you drank leave the house without her magnum three fifty seven pistol is. checked into this special him back

for packing heat. so it was nothing. big. even during the war you know. and i think. i was. like i was watching. and. walking with. on my hip there are two hundred fifty million guns in the hands of american civilians and rutherford as i mean he spent more than twenty five thousand dollars on here. i mean how many pairs of shoes do you have. to get every day each one brings back memories. this was. my grandfather shotgun. we used to go hunting together when i was little. rutherford carries

his gun everywhere he legally can and even encourages his daughters and nephew to as well and they would just rather reduce it to some sick on three counts two thousand five hundred members they organize events like this one at parts restaurants and other public places where they openly clary in an effort to normal their critics say. i believe that you should be able to. carry a firearm in any manner you choose on an airplane and in school in columbine there are some serious things and they don't allow guns it's always a criminal to get the guns and you can't have a gun in a gun free zone so guns going to be allowed on campuses the virginia citizens defense league is part of the greater open carry movement a well organized network of gun owners in forty three states the bills palmer three hundred one it makes you know makes it basically makes it easier to screw with the message open. first some in the open carry movement it's about more than security

it's about forming a militia defending themselves from government tyranny and even organizing an insurgency when ford artsy carrollton virginia. now barack obama has hailed the mission to kill osama bin laden as one of the greatest military operations in u.s. history u.n. human rights investigators want washington to disclose whether there were any plans to capture political blogger danielle belton says america has politicized a lot of stuff by not putting him on trial. the reality is that american politics is just very ugly right now and things that normally wouldn't be politicized have been politicized something that's natural saying hey we have a person who's committed crimes against us let's use the american justice system to bring them to justice has now become a political issue it's now become debatable in the past whenever a terrorist suspect like for instance the ones involved in the bombing in that eleven whenever trials the debate over trials and come up with some very ugly about

whether we would have military tribunals or whether we would try them in the united states and u.s. soil and you had all these ridiculous arguments about how over you try them on our soil it's going to attract more terrorists attacks to a slap in guantanamo open attracts us to terrorist attacks the just by virtue of fighting the world terror you that's going to invite some criticism you're going to take the risk that people are going to want to hurt you because of it it makes absolutely no sense to get in this debate where the american justice system isn't tough enough to try you know international terrorists we've tried international terror or we're trying to now on u.s. soil so this argument that we can't handle it because of the what the perceived might be is merely a political argument used to drive as a wedge issue so many americans could barely contain their delight at the news of bin laden's death of journalist or half an astonished of people in new york with the sort of variations were much or.

with the killing of osama bin ladin a major victory in the war on terror this week let's talk about that with i definitely think it was a victory i don't know if in a surly agree with everyone rejoicing in the streets but i mean i think it's a good positive step for the country so how is it positive that if it's making us celebrated as the ones that. positive just from the perspective that it's one less horrible person out there in the world one must terrorists in the world that we have to worry about i think it will be a fact on their side and for us we just of a lot better why do we need to feel better about it what do you think that does for us closure. closure the whole psychology they are psychology about it like it feels good. so why don't we need to call the man isn't there always kind of a need for that in society results from i just thought it was seems people are saying some people are saying my not being i hope they did. he think that we that

the president owes it to the world to approve it or do you think that you know easy is right in saying you know i did what i had to do. i think there's certain things they shouldn't they don't tell the general public because i think sometimes of course you know some some of the government things cause a panic probably is you know maybe one of the prime enemies of the u.s. but it's hard to. say you can't celebrate the deaths that someone died you know so what do you think of the people that are celebrating and waving the flag and cheering we shouldn't do that you know even though i mean i'm a i'm not sad. to say that the killed you know what i'm going to be celebrating i think it's some progress. it's really true. things and you have to pay for it so you think it's going to make a difference in terms of terrorist actions from this point out. there might be some

more rich cruising for. them then is it worth it is it worth killing someone if it means more killing you have to take a stand on things. retaliation in the. sudan was it worth it. anyway yes for any other in another sense it's a bit of a negative as well as the fact. that they've got him but if it was to kill him well i don't know that's always a bad start for a new beginning whether or not you think the killing of osama bin laden was a major victory in the war on terror the bottom line is at least now there is one must terrorist in the world it's. got to keep across all of our stories and video reports around the clock dot com let's see what's waiting for you on the web site right now and i journey back

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he is coming to you live from moscow soyuz rocket is at the next stage of preparations ahead of his launch from our french guiana a unique joint european venture simulation went off without a hitch the crews are focused on getting the payload of satellites into orbit but europe's own allocation system called galileo r.t.c. got a report on the ambitious project. with more than one and a half thousand launches far more than any other soyuz is the world's most successful rocket and now for the first time it will be fired off from a non russian space board over the last eight years the european space agency the e.s.a. and spend more than half a billion dollars on building a launch and adopting the soyuz first earth american space center. this was all done by our engineers and designers we had to adapt to the climate here and to the

different safety standards that we have proven ourselves with this due to the modifications and crews world chose the location the soyuz will be able to greater loads into space than ever before but below the prices in any competitor the seas makers in russia also stand to benefit more than four decades after its first launch the soyuz should really be showing its age but a true in one of the world's most reliable rockets and in fact orders of. going up from year to year. twenty so use launches will be produced here by the end of the year several years ago the numbers were in single digits its chief engineer says the rocket remains popular just because of its record element it might look similar to the earlier models but inside the so use is being constantly upgraded as the reason we still use the basic model i believe it's the perfect. it in its fundamental design we predict that they will be used for another forty years at least the constructor's are saying that the transition from prestige driven space

race of the cold war era to a new way of doing things is complete words to it this is a project that makes solid financial sense to us it isn't just a political gesture and we're hoping it's just a springboard. defer so hughes will be lowered from a group in the second half of the year and eventually to spaceport will handle four launches annually on the russian side hopes the success of this project will encourage other space agencies to adopt the soyuz but for either a party some are. also our cars behind the facades of the streets of the capital in just a few minutes that's after a recap of the top stories which is coming your way in just a few months. down

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